Good Morning, Stumpers!

It took 3 days, but the MADNESS officially began yesterday with a 10 vs 2 STUMPSET where Arkansas sent home St. John’s! Will the madness continue today 👀?? Also once again our bracket group is home to some unbelievable brackets!! Outside of the madness, yesterday we had the D3 Basketball Championship and MOVING DAY at the Valspar Championship! Let’s ride!

🏀 SGS Bracket Challenge 🏀 

Check out Full Group HERE!

🚨 Final Entries Count: 1035 🚨 

After Saturday’s Action…

• Before we get into the nitty-gritty…there’s no doubt that the SGS Bracket Challenge is just a HUB for unbelievable brackets! We’ve got multiple brackets in the 99.9th percentile! NUTS!

• Our leader is currently “or Duke wins 5” with “Joystick Justice” right behind! Great runs from both who coincidentally both have Duke winning!

• Yesterday we lost St. Johns, they were the 5th most picked winner in the group. They were picked by 58 brackets. Wisconsin was also picked by an additional 21 brackets! Madness!

Today’s Rundown

What’s in today’s edition?

• 🏀 8 Games Down, 8 More Today!

• ⛳️ Hovland finds himself LEADING heading into Day 4!

• 🏀 D3 National Title Game goes to Trinity (CT)!

• 🎶 Guess our Song OTD…It rhymes with “Darma Phameleon”

On This Day

On This Day…

⚽️ Kane Is England’s Best

There haven’t been many better footballers in the history of the sport than Wayne Rooney. I mean, I grew up hearing about how great of a player he is. But as far as stats go, there’s one better scorer than him in the history of England.

On this day in 2023, Harry Kane officially passed Rooney as the greatest goal scorer to ever wear England’s red and white. When Kane scored in England’s 2-1 victory over Italy, he surpassed Rooney with 54 career goals for his country. An absolutely incredible mark for one of the best to play in this generation.

Today’s Trivia

🧠 Test your sports knowledge…

Yesterday’s Trivia Answer: (C) 46! It was the lowest-scoring game in NCAA Men’s Tournament history! The final score was 26-20, with Pitt beating UNC! Unreal stuff in the 1940s!

Before We Dive In…

👀 You GOTTA see these!

• ⛳️ SLAM DUNK ACE FOR SAM RYDER!

• 🏀 Gotta end with a better shot here if you’re the ZAGS right??

• 🚨 Are the Chicago Bulls a wagon?

🔍️ Stump Spotlight

March Madness

🏀 Day THREE

Just when you thought the fun was over, the college basketball world throws eight more games at you…

(4) Purdue def. (12) McNeese, 76-62: No matter what anyone tells you, this was all Boilermakers all night long. RIP Amir Khan. (he isn’t dead but he’s gone now)

(5) Michigan def. (4) Texas A&M, 92-79: Despite what the score tells you, this one was Aggies all day long. It wasn’t until about 5 minutes left that the Wolverines said “Hold my beer” and put their game into overdrive. It was all Michigan down the stretch.

(6) BYU def. (3) Wisconsin, 91-89: Arguably the best game of the tournament so far and I feel like not enough people are talking about it. The Cougs and Badgers went back and forth all night long but it wasn’t until with under a minute left that BYU hit the shot that would win them the game. An absolutely phenomenal game that really had us on the edge of our seats.

(3) Texas Tech def. (11) Drake, 77-64: Goodbye to another Cinderella. It was fun while you were here. This Red Raider squad is really loaded and playing well, they will be a TOUGH out for whoever comes knocking next.

(2) Tennessee def. (7) UCLA, 67-58: Is this the last game we see Mick Cronin in the baby blue of UCLA? Is he the next Villanova Wildcat head coach? Heck, I don’t know. But I do know that his Bruins squad could not hold up against the veteran leadership and stud performances of Chaz Lanier and Zakai Zeigler. Tennessee looks DANGEROUS.

(10) Arkansas def. (2) St. John’s, 75-66: I’m choosing not to talk about how disappointing this is for the Johnnies, but instead about how awesome this is for Arkansas and John Calipari. What a great win for a program that is on the come-up after some disappointing finishes in the tournament. The Razorbacks were in control the whole game and even when the Red Storm made a big-time run in the second half, they responded. Coach Cal does his best work when he’s counted out.

(1) Houston def. (8) Gonzaga, 81-76: Raise your hand if you had Gonzaga winning this one 🙋. Well, I was wrong. Is this the year that Kelvin Sampson and his squad can finally make it all the way?

(1) Auburn def. (9) Creighton, 82-70: Auburn was REALLY tested in the first half but this team responded in a big-time way. They looked poised, and confident, and handled the Creighton runs better than most teams would have. They are primed and ready to roll into the next round.

The Hot Stove

🏀🏆️ Trinity (CT) Wins D3 National Chip!

Not enough love is given to D3 Ball! There’s a National Championship over there too and it was won just last night by the Trinity (CT) Bantams! They defeated NYU 64-40 to secure their first-ever National Title! The 4-point win only happened because of a 14-5 run the Bantams went on in the final four minutes of the game! Insane! Just a 4 minute highlight video with 600 views! Give it a watch HERE!

⛳️ The Valspar Heads Into the FINAL 18!

It’s a tight one in Copperhead, Florida at the Valspar Championship! We’ve got a three-way tie for first at 7-under between Jacob Bridgeman, Nicolas Echavarria, and welcome to the party Victor Hovland! There’s a flurry of guys behind at -6 and -5. It’s nice to see Hovland at the top of the leaderboard, seems like it’s been a while! Watch out for Justin Thomas who went 6-under yesterday to bring him to -5 and two back! We’re in for a great finish!

🏈 Vikings Could Be in Talks with Tannehill!

Wow! Where did this one come from?! The Vikings have gotten rid of everybody besides JJ McCarthy! Bold move for a team that just had as good of a season as they just did. With young QBs, you need a veteran presence and it seems as if they want Ryan Tannehill in the QB room! He was not on a roster for the 2024 season and last played with Tennessee during the 2023 season! We’ll keep an eye on good ole Tannehill!

What To Watch

🏀 The NCAA Tournament.

• Men’s NCAA Tournament: UConn vs Florida (12:10 PM ET), Baylor vs Duke (2:40 PM ET), Illinois vs Kentucky (5:15 PM ET), Saint Mary’s vs Alabama (6:10 PM ET), Colorado St vs Maryland (7:10 PM ET), Ole Miss vs Iowa State (7:45 PM ET), New Mexico vs Michigan State (8:40 PM ET), Oregon vs Arizona (9:40 PM ET)

• Women’s NCAA Tournament: LOT OF ACTION! Here’s the whole schedule

🏀 NBA Basketball, 8 game-slate!

• Highlights: Cavs @ Jazz (3:30 PM ET), Nuggets @ Rockets (7:00 PM ET), Thunder @ Clippers (9:00 PM ET)

⚾️ BASEBALL

•  Spring Training Full Schedule

⛳️ Day FOUR of the VALSPAR Championship live from the BEAUTIFUL Innisbrook Resort in Palm Harbor, Florida. Here is your leaderboard!

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